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Hobbit Monitor Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA16179
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Release Date:
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2005-07-25
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Popularity:
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4,641 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Hobbit Monitor 4.x
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Hobbit Monitor, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in hobbitd when processing certain messages and can be exploited to crash the daemon.
Solution:
Update to version 4.1.0.
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Vernon Everett and Stefan Loos.
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